Irena King

Irena is the Founding Director and CEO at Surgicure, where she oversees staff functions and implements strategies for the company. She has been working in the biotechnology industry for five years and has participated and led several development projects at American University, Harvard University's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, and the start-up MicroInvestigate. Irena aims to integrate more effective medical devices and pharmaceuticals into the healthcare system and securing medical solutions for patients with diseases, disabilities, and disorders. Prior to formally founding Surgicure, Irena completed the National Science Foundation's Innovation Corps Customer Discovery Program, received the 28th Annual Rafferty Mathias Research Conference Award, participated as an Amgen Scholar at Harvard University, and was accepted into American University's Entrepreneurship Incubator to proceed to work on Surgicure's device.

Irena received her B.S. in Neuroscience and Bioentrepreneurship from American University in 2019. She is currently a fully funded Ph.D. Candidate in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program and an NSF Graduate Research Fellow.